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By Calum McAndrew Editor in Chief A power outage was announced to the Brevard College student body at approximately 3.45 p.m. on Sunday, April 23, causing several campus facilities to close for the evening. The power outage was then called off due to inclement weather. The entire town of Brevard was reportedly due to be affected by this power outage from Duke Energy, but because of the persistent rain, by 5.30 p.m. all plans to cut power had been cancelled. By this time on the Brevard College campus, Myers Dining Hall, Coltrane Commons, the library and a student’s senior recital had all been affected by the proposed plans. In a campus-wide email, Stan Jacobsen, director of Safety, Security and Risk management at Brevard College, announced that “the Campus will be experiencing a power outage between 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. this afternoon.” He then went on to warn the student body not to use the elevators. Within half an hour of Jacobsen’s email, at 4.07 p.m, BC IT Director Jay Trussel sent a second campus-wide email announcing that “The IT department will be shutting down our servers starting at 4.45 p.m. MyBC, Sakai, CARS, printing and network storage will be unavailable during this time.” The third campus-wide email concerning the power outage came from facilities director Burke Ulrey informing the campus “we will be shutting down all boilers and chillers in advance of the outage.” Stan Jacobsen, the first to alert the college student body and faculty, only learned of the event due to a post on Facebook. At about 3.20 p.m. Jacobsen said he “called Duke Energy, and they confirmed the power was due to shut down. “I then called them back at 4.23 p.m. and requested a supervisor,” continued Jacobsen. “He came back, and said the outage was definitely a go.”
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Jacobsen was concerned by the lack of forewarning from Brevard’s energy supplier. “We were given no notice, and we did what we had to do,” he said. At 5:30 p.m. Jacobsen then received a call from Duke Energy, announcing that the power would not go out at all due to poor weather conditions. By this point, many of the effects were already being felt by the Brevard population. Before the cancellation of the outage from Duke Energy, it was announced that Coltrane Commons was to be closed for the evening. The school library also shut its doors for the day at approximately 5 p.m, proving an inconvenience for many students just seven days before finals begin. On top of everything else, the voice recital of
Brevard College senior Hunter Rogers, to take place in the Porter Center, was postponed. “I’m very disappointed with the short notice we were given,” said Rogers. “I had family coming from hours away to watch my senior recital, who had to turn around just to come back next weekend. I hope the city of Brevard is more efficient in relaying information in the future.” The recital is now scheduled for next Sunday, April 30 at 7:30 p.m. To prevent such inconveniences from happening in the future, Jacobsen has requested from Duke Energy not to be left in the dark over potential power outages again. He has also requested of Duke Energy that the next proposed power outage in Brevard take place after graduation on May 7.
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Anyone attempting to access sites such as my.brevard.edu were greeted with the above notification, affecting student access to library resources the week before final exams.
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BC to BC Choirs Stacks on present stacks host ‘Earthsong’ Athletics spring choral Awards concert Banquet
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By Alexis Henley
By Elizabeth Harrison
Director of Communications and Media Relations
By Bryant Baucom Staff Writer
Brevard College will host its annual Athletics Awards Banquet on Thursday, Apr. 27 at 6:00pm in the Porter Center. The banquet will feature all 13 sports, both men and women that Brevard College offers to its students. This event is held each year to honor the athletic teams at Brevard College for their success on the field as well as in the classroom. All 21 teams will recognize their athletes by giving awards to student-athletes for their role they played on the field during their athletic season. The banquet highlights the successful moments of the 2016-2017 school year for the Brevard College student-athletes. The banquet is sure to exemplify the success of the first year Climbing program along with the upset of No. 1 Wingate by the men’s soccer team and the national championship won by our prestigious cycling team. The 2016-2017 academic year for the Brevard College has been full of triumphs for our athletes and will mark the end of an era as the Tornados move to Division III and join the USA South Conference. The main awards of the night are the Male and Female Athlete of the Year honors. Each year, a male and female Brevard College senior are selected as the distinguished athletes from the sports teams offered for their gender. In 2016, men’s basketball senior Miles Leathers and women's lacrosse senior Caitlyn Nemeth were their named the Athletes of the Year. For many athletes, this is their final Athletics Awards Banquet and this final night of celebration will be the chance to reminisce and honor themselves for their hard work during their time as a Tornado. Regardless of the length of their tenure at Brevard College we thank them for their contributions and wish them the best of luck in their future.
Brevard College’s Spring Choral Concert will take place on Friday, April 28, at 7:30 p.m. in the Porter Center for Performing Arts. The program will open with Mozart’s "Missa Brevis in G," often called the "Pastoral Mass." This piece will feature several soloists from the choir and will be accompanied by a visual narrative connecting the mass text to the earth theme of the concert. The rest of the program will include a variety of styles of music that all connect to the earth theme – some pieces connect by using earth imagery to explore love or hope, while others focus on earth imagery to discuss the great beyond. “The choirs have been working with great focus to put this concert together, and we’re all really excited to share what we’ve done with the community," said Dr. David Gresham, Director of Choral Activities at Brevard College. "It should be a great concert!
Senior English Major Presentations
Thursday, April 27 in MG-125 Ben Blevins 4:00 Kari Horan 4:15 Melissa Ashe 4:30 Alex Perri 4:45 15-minute Break Liz Kitchens 5:15 Sam Edwards 5:30 Michael Heiskell 5:45 Abbey Arnold 6:00
Staff Writer Brevard College wishes to make preparation for exams and exam week itself less stressful for all and one way they are trying to do that is the all familiar Pancake Break. On Monday May 1, starting at 10:00pm and lasting until 11:00pm the Pancake Break will be taking place, as usual, in Myers Dining Hall. With exams coming up in just a few short days without a doubt students are hitting the books and spending countless hours in the library in preparation. Take a moment, get your group of friends away from their studies, and come enjoy fluffy syrupy goodness for all the hard work you’ve put in over the semester. Take a break, enjoy your food, and have some nice conversations with friends before heading back to the books!
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Presidential Duel for Macron and Le Pen April 26, 2017 | The Clarion
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Presidential Elections in France By Florian Peyssonneaux Staff Writer
After the presidential election in the U.S in November, it is now time for the French to vote for their president. The first round which was on April. 23 saw two candidates qualify for the second round: Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron. Contrary to the U.S, France has a direct election system for the president of the republic. The French have to vote twice during this election. In the first round there were 11 candidates who were running for the presidency, and those people had to gather 500 signatures from official elected in order to run. The predictions from the polls were very accurate during the first round of the election. Macron came first with 24.01% of the votes and Le Pen finished second with 21.30%. Contrary to what many people thought, the abstention rate was low. In the last presidential election in 2012 the voter turnout was higher, this year is one of the lowest with 22.23%. In the second round of the election there are only two candidates, the other nine were directly eliminated no matter how close they were from the second place. Like in the U.S the goal for many candidates from small parties is to reach 5% of the vote to be reimbursed. But you might be wondering why should the people in America care about an election that is held miles away from their homeland, in a country that is not even the size of Texas? One possible answer is that this election might decide the future of the European Union, and have global repercussions. Moreover, the reason why people should be worried about the French election is Marine Le Pen. She is the candidate for the “Front National”, which is the French extreme right wing party. Even though she came second on the first round, she is dangerous because she is a demagogue who plays on people’s fear of terrorist
attacks, immigrants coming to Europe and she wants France to leave the E.U. Similarly to Donald Trump’s ideals, Le Pen’s main political goals are to step away from globalisation, have closed borders, and leave the Euro zone. Even if those promises can be appealing to many people in France, they don’t understand that it would be a disaster socially and economically. Her main competitor Emmanuel Macron was the former minister of the economy under François Hollande. He quit the government a year ago to create his own political party “En Marche” which is a socialist, pro-Europe party. The fifth republic was usually working with a bi-party system similar to the U.S, but in France Republicans and Socialist are the two main political parties. For 20 years there is a third party that appeared and it is the Front National, but it never gathered enough voices to be in contention. This election however is very different. After the first round neither the Republican candidate (20.01%) and the Socialist candidate (6.36%) made it to the second round. Under the fifth republic Socialists and Republicans always share the power; it is the first time in France’s history that this scenario ever happened. Benoît Hamon the Socialist candidate was really disappointed with that result. The Socialist Party which is currently in power suffered from the creation of “En Marche” and also of the ap-
proval rate of the current socialist government which is at 6%. The main reason why Fillon, the Republican candidate and former prime minister under Nicolas Sarkozy, didn’t perform as well as expected is due to the investigation that he undergoes for corruption for the fake employment of his wife Penelope and his daughters paid for with taxpayers money. The result of this election indicates something similar to the American election in November. French people want change. It is the highest score ever for far right candidate Marine Le Pen, but also for far left candidate Jean Luc Mélanchon who came in fourth place with 19.23% of the votes. The future president of France will be elected on Sunday, May. 7, and will be in office for the next five years. Two weeks before the second round of the election, Macron is predicted to win with almost 60% of the votes as most political parties not represented in the second round asked their electorate to vote for Macron or against Le Pen. Now the question is: will the polls be reliable, and will the voters from opposite parties support Macron on the day? In a way this election looks like a déjà vu of the American one, so on May. 7 the French will have to decide on their future, and hopefully the French motto: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity will still mean something the day after the election.
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Kinda gone but not forgotten
Bill O’Reilly fired from Fox News By Jeni Welch
Campus News Editor
After 20 years at the network, Bill O’Reilly was fired from Fox News after numerous sexual harassment allegations. He has been replaced with Tucker Carlson. A New York Times article questioned why Fox News and, parent company, 21st Century Fox stood by him after settling for $13 million with the five women that had complained of his inappropriate behaviors with them. There were other reasons that played into the firing of O’Reilly. After the New York Times article, over 50 advertisers pulled their commercials from airing during his show. Mercedes-Benz said, “The allegations are disturbing and, given the importance of women in every aspect of our business, we don’t feel this is a good environment in which to advertise our products right now.” Women groups protested O’Reilly and wanted him removed from Fox. Even women inside the company expressed outrage and began to question the promises made by executives after last summer’s sexual harassment scandal that removed Roger E. Ailes from his position as Fox News’ chairman. Fox is also in the process of attempting to purchase Sky TV, a European pay-TV company worth $14 billion. The New York magazine said, “the British media regulator Ofcom is set to judge whether the Murdochs are ‘fit and proper’ to own such a large media property.” And “removing O’Reilly could appease critics
and help close the Sky deal.” O’Reilly remained silent about his oust until Monday. In a podcast he said, “I am sad that I am not on television anymore.” There is a question of what took so long for Fox to make the decision to let go of O’Reilly. It does seem slightly odd that the sexual harassment accusations were enough to end his “tell it like it is” reign. The racist, sexist and unkind remarks seem to be only comparable in value to the advertisers or perhaps the Sky deal. In the podcast, O’Reilly does not directly speak out as to what really happened. “I can’t say a lot because there’s much stuff going on right now. But I can tell you that I’m very confident the truth will come out,” said O’Reilly. “And when it does — I don’t know if you’re going to be surprised, but I think you’re going to be shaken, as I am.” And in complete contrast to his tone during The O’Reilly Factor, he spoke very plain and softened, although moments of his normal tone did pop through. It would be difficult times if the voice that said, “I don’t care about the Constitution! The Constitution isn’t here; you’re here. Don’t be a pinhead.” And, “I didn’t hear a word she said. I was looking at the James Brown wig. If we have a picture of James Brown—it’s the same wig,” was not still somewhere in the waves. His fans can now turn into his subscriptionbased podcast to hear him talk about current events four nights a week.
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Obama Surgeon General replaced
By Jordon Morgan Arts & Life Editor
In a story published by USA Today on April 21, news has broken that the Obama administration appointed Surgeon General, Vivek Murthy, was asked to step down by the White House to continue the process of transitioning to new leadership, says Melanie Eversley. Eversley reported that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a statement saying that “Dr. Murthy, the leader of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, was asked to resign from his duties as Surgeon General after assisting in a smooth transition into the new Trump Administration.” The statement continued, “Rear Admiral Sylvia Trent-Adams, who is the current Deputy Surgeon General, will serve as the acting Surgeon General and assume leadership of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.” Trent-Adams, a certified nurse, is the first surgeon general who isn’t a physician, and will likely continue to fulfill the role as Acting Surgeon General until a replacement is found. This is an interesting development as Murthy had only been just confirmed as U.S. Surgeon General on December 14 of 2014. According to USA Today, Murthy was a native of the United Kingdom and a graduate of Harvard College as well as Yale University schools of medicine and business. Dr. Murthy’s wife Alice Chen however, states that her husband had refused to resign and was fired, per The New York Times. There is no confirmed reason behind Murthy’s departure. The Times point out that Surgeon Generals tend to cause trouble for their administrations, citing an example of Dr. C. Everett Koop defying the Regan Administration on a host of See ‘Obama Surgeon General replaced’ on page 5
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Obama Lip Sync Battle Surgeon General replaced By Florian Peyssonneaux Staff Writer
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public health issues. For his part, Dr. Murthy made multiple headlines over the years for calling gun violence a public health threat. So much so that the Times article says the National Rifle Association urged the Senate not to confirm during his 2014 hearing. As acting Surgeon General. Admiral TrentAdams is by no means unqualified, receiving a doctorate degree from the University of Maryland, as well as being a nurse officer in the Army and serving as a research nurse at the university as well. Time will tell though if the Trump Administration can find a candidate capable for the position.
Campus Activities Board organized a lip sync battle on Thursday, April. 20 in Ingram auditorium. There were five contestants who were competing for a money prize of $100 for the winner as groups or individual performers. The show started just after 9:00p.m when the firsts rows of the auditorium were full. Around 50 people came to see the students competing in this lip sync battle. The presenter of the battle invited everybody in the audience to use their cell phones, and go on the internet to use a live voting system. The spectators had to write a five digit code, and then answer a question on their mobile devices, so we could see how many people would vote. The first contestant of the evening was Arianna who interpreted “Jump in The Line” from Harry Belafonte. Dressed in a Pablo Escobar kind of makeup, Arianna was committed to animate the auditorium, and she even went into the crowd with some maracas to dance. Then, the first group of the evening came on stage: “The Weird Girls.” Sydney, Malynne and Bliss brought the crowd back to the 90’s with a Spice Girl trio interpreting Wannabe. Encouraged by the public, the “Weird Girls” had a choreography that they “have been working on for for many days for a couple hours” said Sydney. In a more serious way, Kendel was doing his lip sync on the song Judas from Lady Gaga. The quality of his dancing almost made him look like one of Gaga’s stage dancers. Kendel was
already present in the lip sync battle that was organized last semester, and when he was asked why he came back Kendel declared “it was just a good excuse to do this dance.” The other group singing on stage was the “Broadway Babies” singing “The Schuyler Sisters. For a couple minutes the four BC students and also theater majors brought the audience in to a New York cabaret. It was even hard to differentiate if they were really singing or lip syncing the music. Finally, the last contestant of the evening Micah concluded the evening’s competition on a light note with a representation of the main song of the movie Frozen, Let It Go. The performance was even more spectacular as he was embodying Elsa for the show, wearing a very realistic costume while doing the choreography. Once all the performers were done, it was time for the audience to take a vote to determine the winner of the lip sync battle. After a minute the results were on a screen and the “broadway girls finished first with 35% of the votes followed by “the weird girls” with 25%. Both groups won a gift card of a value of $100 and $50 respectively. Because of the short amount of group the winners and runner up went on for one more song that was requested by the audience. In a total improvisation “The Weird Girls” performed Scrub by TLC and the “Broadway Babies” were asked to do Single Ladies from Beyoncé. When the show was over and the prices given, all the participants got a microphone for a trophy.
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Dr. Vivek Murthy
Participants of the lip sync battle dancing on stage, awaiting the final results
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Senior Profile BC
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Alex Perri Litter
By Asa Gray
Staff writer Alex Perri is a senior at Brevard College. She is an English major who also minors in Spanish. She is known throughout the school community for getting actively involved in many of the activities and events that take place on campus. Alex has certainly enjoyed being a part of the Brevard College community and without a doubt, the work she has done has stood out. She has always put in lots of time to her school commitments and believes that balance is key. The Florida native mentioned her passion for writing for The Clarion, BC’s very own student newspaper. In fact, there’s a specific type of article she likes to write most. “Writing for the Clarion has been great. Senior Profiles are actually one of my favorite things to write for the school paper. I definitely think I’ve grown as a writer by choosing to write so many of them. I really enjoy talking with people and hearing their story.” This helps to confirm the validity of the saying “practice makes perfect.” Just like many seniors during this hectic time
of year with the spring semester rapidly coming to a close, Alex has been spending lots of time finalizing her senior project. Senior projects at Brevard College are well-known for being interesting and impressive but for also being a daunting task that requires a lot of time, thought and preparation. She is one of many students who feel it is a great accomplishment to complete a senior project. Outside of academics, Alex has savored her free time where she has made lots of great memories she will not soon forget. “I have really enjoyed the time where I could just be with my friends. Even doing small things like taking trips to Ingles has been really enjoyable for me.” Alex is unsure of what exactly she will be doing post-graduation, but she plans on keeping the Brevard community close to her heart. “I do not have anything set in stone yet. However, I really want to stay in Brevard and work locally if possible.” Alex will surely take all of the valuable skills learned at Brevard College and put them to good use in the future.
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BC Senior, and long-serving Clarion staff writer Alex Perri will walk the graduation stage in May
Art Reveal By Alexis Henley Staff Writer
BC Greens hosted the Litter Art Reveal on Friday April 21 at Robbin’s Student Plaza right in front of Myer’s Dining Hall. The Litter Art reveal was originally supposed to occur on the Front Lawn. BC Greens encouraged students to check out the Art both on Friday, the day of the reveal and also at Earthfest which took place at Robbin’s Student Plaza Saturday April 22. During Earthfest, both Lauren Fowler, SGA President, and Katherine Brandhuber, BC Greens President, wished to speak out between the different live bands about why the art was created to the crowd compiled of community members, current students, and prospective students. “This past week we’ve held four litter pick ups and two of them were on this campus. We ended up collecting over 20 large trash bags full of litter just from this campus,” Lauren Fowler commented, “We expected that we would put as much litter as we could into the art but we can’t fit all we found into it.” The piece of art itself is constructed of three pallets that spell out the word “WHY” and a question mark made out of a tire and various large pieces of litter. The pallets are filled to the brim with various pieces of litter such as plastic bottles, toilet paper rolls, cans, etc. Upon being asked about the location change Lauren Fowler said, “We didn’t want it to be looked over and forgotten. We want everyone to see the impact on the environment and show the new students that we are serious and dedicated about taking care of the environment.” The day of the reveal four students, Lauren Fowler, Katherine Brandhuber, Jordan Haak, and Nathaniel Boepple, placed trash into the pallets and placed the other trash bags behind the art. After Earthfest is over Jordan Haak will be using the materials to construct his final Environmental Issues expo project.
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BC Earth Week and Spring Fest Events
Photo by Zach Dickerson
Students Molly Riddle and Kate Stephens at the Weigh Your Waste table in the cafeteria for Earth Week at BC. Riddle was weighing the food waste from plates of people who had eaten in Myers Dining Hall. At the end of the day, Riddle had collected over 100 pounds of food waste.
Photo by Zach Dickerson
Olivia Booth and Yascara Chavez tie dye their Spring Fest shirts on Robbins Plaza.
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BC students getting their Spring Fest shirts ready to be tie dyed on Robbins Plaza.
Sports
BC baseball falls to nationally-ranked Catawba Page 8
By Bryant Baucom Staff Writer
The nationally ranked Catawba College Indians (33-12, 17-5 SAC) appeared to be just that on Friday night as the Brevard College Tornados (10-34, 3-19 SAC) fell to the South Atlantic Conference leader by the final of 14-0. The Tornados offense tallied nine hits in the contest, as senior Brayden Morris (Pulaski, Va.) and freshman Joe Nelms (Malabar, Fla.) led the offense with two hits apiece. The senior trio of Blaine Durham (Westfield, N.C.), Kyle Morrison (Greensboro, N.C.), and Parker Hubbard (Salisbury, N.C.) collected hits in the contest, while junior Josh Hall (Asheville, N.C.) and freshman Donny Carsillo (Waxhaw, N.C.) capped off the hitting for Brevard. The No. 15 ranked Indians wasted no time in tacking on runs, as they used a trio of hits in the bottom of the first inning to jump out to
a 4-0 lead. Catawba added on two runs in the second inning when the South Atlantic Conference’s leading hitting and home run leader, Luke Setzer, cranked a fastball over the fence for a two run longball to extend their lead to 6-0. It was deja vu all over again in the bottom half of the third, as the Indians tallied two unearned runs to increase their lead. The Tornados silenced the bats of the Indians in the fourth inning before Catawba racked up five runs in their biggest inning of the game in the bottom of the fifth. The Catawba scoring began with two RBI singles and a sacrifice fly before Setzer brought home a run with an RBI triple to center field. A wild pitch in the next at-bat would bring Setzer home to cap off the scoring for the inning. The Indians tacked on their final run of the game in the bottom of the seventh as an RBI single from Zach Almond brought home Setzer,
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bringing the game to its final score of 14-0. Senior Kyle Pittman (Monroe, N.C.) was given the nod to start on the mound for the Tornados, going 4 ⅓ innings while giving up 13 runs, 11 earned on 11 hits. The freshman duo of Bryce Foster (Brevard, N.C.) and Kross Robinson (Morganton, N.C.) impressed in their appearances out of the bullpen. Foster hurled 2 ⅔ innings of relief while allowing just one run on three hits. Robinson pitched a scoreless inning of relief, as he struck out two Indians in his appearance. Catawba starter Hunter Shepherd improved to 7-0 on the season following his performance on Friday. The Indians ace threw seven innings of shutout baseball, striking out six and allowing six hits. The Tornados will look for their first South Atlantic Conference series victory of the season on Saturday as they face Catawba in a doubleheader beginning at 1:00pm.
Mens Lacrosse fall to Mars Hill on Senior Day By Bryant Baucom Staff Writer
Closing out the 2017 campaign and just their fourth season as a program, the Brevard College Tornados mens lacrosse team (2-14, 0-8 SAC) dropped their Senior Day matchup to the Mars Hill Lions (6-7, 2-6 SAC) by the final of 14-11. Brevard honored six seniors during halftime of the season finale and their final game as Tornados. Mathew Dropuljic, Nick Bier, Dennis Rammacher, Brendan Friss, and Ryan Taylor were honored for their contributions to the lacrosse during their time at Brevard. Senior Josh Goldstein was also honored on Senior Day for being the voice of the Tornados for the 2017 campaign. In a fitting final performance for the Tornados, senior Ryan Taylor tallied a game-high six assists to increase his team-high to 17. Sophomore Jackson McKaig powered the Tornados offense with four goals to cap off his season leading Brevard with 33 goals and 48 points. The duo of David Buono and Kyle Hunziker netted two goals apiece for the Tornados. Seniors Mathew Dropuljic and Nick Bier recorded goals for Brevard, while sophomore Hewitt
Farr capped of the scoring for the Tornados with a goal of his own. With the goal in the contest for Dropuljic, he ended the season tied for second with Hunziker in goals at 26. Mars Hill was led offensively by Dima Ferreira tallied four goals and four assists in the contest. Hunter Maggs added in the hat trick for the Lions, while Conner Fernandes tallied two goals on two shot attempts. Following an early goal from Mars Hill at the 11:43 mark of the first quarter Brevard answered the call with back-to-back goals take the lead at 2-1. Hunziker knotted the contest at one with an assist from Taylor and then Buono used the unassisted goal to give Brevard the early lead. Like deja vu all over again, the game was knotted at two before Buono netted an unassisted goal to put the blue and white ahead 3-2. Right on cue, Bier used an assist from Taylor to increase the Tornados lead to 4-2 in the final minute of the first quarter. Seeking the momentum switching hands, Ferreira tallied a goal in the waning moments of the first quarter to bring the Lions within one goal at 4-3. The Lions took advantage of a man-up opportunity to tie the game at four early in the second
period before McKaig scored an unassisted goal to once again put Brevard ahead, 5-4. Once again capitalizing off of a man-up situation, Mars Hill tied the game at five on a goal from Nathan Stewart, assisted by Ferreira. Two consecutive goals from McKaig and Farr extended the Tornados lead to two before Ferreira once again cut the deficit to one. With 2:45 remaining in the first half, McKaig pushed the Brevard lead to two. The Tornados would take the 8-6 lead into halftime. Dropuljic tallied the first goal of the half off of a McKaig assist, extending the Tornados lead to the biggest of the game at 9-6. Following back-to-back goals from the Lions, the Tornados carried their 10-8 lead into the final quarter of the season. Mars Hill rallied in the fourth quarter, scoring three consecutive goals to take the 11-10 lead. McKaig responded with the final goal of the night for the Tornados to tie the game at 11. The Lions seized the momentum in the final stretch of the contest, scoring three goals in a span of three minutes to secure the road victory. The Tornados closed the books on the 2017 season as they will reclassify to Division III in the fall and will compete in the USA South Conference beginning in the 2018 season.
